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Topic: Favourite Groups in Fantasy (Read 746 times)

Weird Question maybe. But which Fantasy groups do you most enjoy reading about? Did the Aes Sedai tickle your fancy, or are you heavily invested in whether you're Gryffindor or Slytherin, or are you all about that Night's Watch?

Just off the top of my head I say the Bridgeburners (Malazan), the Copper Cat Three (Jen Williams' first trilogy) and Locke Lamora+team (there are 2 more, aren't there? Jean and the other? or am I very very wrong?).The Night's Watch (ASoIaF), on a close second, just certain aspects of the group.

I exclude school groups (and so everything Harry Potter), and even though Jorg goes around with a group in the Broken Empire trilogy, he's very much his own person and a leader, rather than just a member of the group.

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Just off the top of my head I say the Bridgeburners (Malazan), the Copper Cat Three (Jen Williams' first trilogy) and Locke Lamora+team (there are 2 more, aren't there? Jean and the other? or am I very very wrong?).The Night's Watch (ASoIaF), on a close second, just certain aspects of the group.

I exclude school groups (and so everything Harry Potter), and even though Jorg goes around with a group in the Broken Empire trilogy, he's very much his own person and a leader, rather than just a member of the group.

You can't refer to my favorite crew members ever (Calo, Galdo, and Bug) like they're just complements! My love for the series

Spoiler for Hiden:

totally plummeted after their death, and the team dynamics just totally vanished, seriously

. The Gentlemen Bastards is totally one of my favorite teams ever and well, that happened...

Note from ScarletBea: I included spoiler tags to protect those that haven't read it yet And sorry, I've read it a long time ago

I have a (probably unreasonable) prejudice against bands of rogues. It feels too easy. That's one reason why I find the crew of the Rocinante to be more interesting. There's more drama in a group of good (or middling) folk trying to make good choices in a world filled with bad ones. It's easy to write about the burglar. It's harder to write about the Average Joe whom the burglar robs.